Solar energy is getting a lot of love lately which is great! This sustainable energy option is just one more way we’re making the earth a better place for tomorrow. If you’ve ever wanted to get down and dirty with this, Your Solar USB Kit is the hands-on way to learn more about solar energy.

When disaster hits, our first impulse is to contact loved ones. This can be cumbersome if you have to call people who refuse to sign up for social media. With Trusted Contacts, you can let everyone close to you know where you are with the tap of a screen.

You watch videos on your phone. I watch videos on my phone. Everyone does this. The small screen of the smartphone isn’t the greatest viewing option however. Why not turn your phone into a tiny TV instead? The Smartphone Magnifier Is the little box that turns your flashy pocket computer into a tiny retro TV.

Since the advent of e-books, being a voracious reader has gotten a lot easier on the back. Now you can carry hundreds of books with you on one device and never have to worry about being without reading material ever again. Early Bird Books is the mailing list that gives you the low down on what’s on sale so you always have something new to read.

Your IKEA furniture is plain but add some cool lighting and suddenly that dresser with the name you can’t pronounce becomes the background to a futuristic cyber story. Lighting is so important for setting the mood of a design and the Nanoleaf Aurora is the perfect modular lighting for the future.

It’s always nice to see folks thinking outside of the box, and this Thinkway Touch Mini PC [translate] is certainly different. This is basically what you get when you cross an 8.9 inch touchscreen with a slightly deranged PC designer living in a dungeon. But it’s cute.

Rumor has it that if you laid all the old 8mm film footage that is lying around in people’s attics and basements end to end, it would stretch from here all the way round my Aunt Fran’s backyard. Or something. In other words there’s still a lot of important history locked up in dark cupboards across the world. Now you can unlock it.

The Amazon Echo and Echo Dot hands free ‘intelligent’ home controllers have been on the market for some time now, but with the new release of the Echo Dot Version 2.0 we thought it was a great excuse to check out some state of the art tech. Especially since Amazon is constantly extending the features of the Echo and the rather clever voice assistant called Alexa. Of course there’s no shortage of rivals – step up Siri, Cortana and Google...

When disaster hits, our first impulse is to contact loved ones. This can be cumbersome if you have to call people who refuse to sign up for social media. With Trusted Contacts, you can let everyone close to you know where you are with the tap of a screen.